Buyer

IDEX Corp

Shelby, NC

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
APICS (Association for Operations Management), Analysis Skills, Bill of Materials (BOM), Business Skills, Calendar Management, Change Order Management, Communication Skills, Cost Control, Customer Service Management, Demand Forecasting/Planning, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), English Language, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Interpersonal Skills, Inventory Management, Inventory Planning, Inventory Turns, Java IDE (Integrated Development Environments), Kanban, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Manufacturing Operations, Materials Management, Materials Planning, Mathematics, Negotiation Skills, Office Equipment, Operations Planning, Oracle, Order Picking/Packing, Performance Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Product Management, Production Costing, Production Schedule, Project/Program Management, Prototyping, Purchasing/Procurement, Resolve Customer Issues, SAP ECC (fka SAP R/3 and SAP ERP), Sales, Sales Operations, Statistics, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Team Building, Team Player, Telephone Skills, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Warehousing, eCos
LOCATION
Shelby, NC
POSTED
30+ days ago

If youre looking for a special place to build or grow your career, youve found it. Whether youre an experienced professional, a recent college graduate, or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITES

Responsible for negotiating and purchasing materials, goods, and services to meet the companys operational requirements. You will monitor delivery reports and work directly with suppliers to resolve issues. You will manage supplier relationships and ensure that suppliers are delivering on key performance indicators. In addition to external suppliers, this position interacts with internal stakeholders such as Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, and Product Management. This is a critical role that requires a strong sense of urgency, great communications skills, and the desire to make a measurable and immediate impact on the business.

REPORTING TO

Supply Chain Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain materials to support 100 on-time delivery and cost goals for production lines. This includes inventory management for spikes-in-demand, obsolescence, and prevention of excess inventory. Place orders for raw materials and components with established or newly approved suppliers. Contact suppliers for expedites, facilitate communication, quality issues, past due shipments, and stock-outs. If Buyer/Planner cannot resolve issue with supplier in a reasonable time frame, problem will be escalated to Material Supervisor.

Maintain the Item setting for fabricated parts, purchase parts, and stock parts to ensure system alignment. Schedule Recurring meetings with Key suppliers to ensure 2-tier alignments.

Manage and support the implementation of prototypes, new listings, and modified components as driven by ECOs and engineering orders. Own their portion of the SIOP Sales Inventory and Operations Planning Demand Planning process, particularly the Supply Planning. Identify, negotiate, and bring to resolution any demandsupply imbalances in both volume and mix and escalate unresolved issues in a timely manner.

Review, manage, and communicate change requests from customers, Operations, and suppliers making appropriate changes to the production schedule. Recognize the need to maintain stability in the master schedule while being responsive to the needs of the customer, keeping past due to an absolute minimum.

Develop and/or maintain planning dates such as Planning Bills of Material, Safety Stock, Lead-time, Lot Sizes, Kanban levels, etc. Monitor forecast consumption. Liaison daily with Assembly and Warehouse Leads to insure sales demands are well understood. Create and maintain forecasts in conjunction with Sales information to link to the Financial Plan.

Manage inventory to improve turns and decrease dollar value finished goods & point-of-use. Key Performance Indicators for this position include achieving product line on-time delivery, year-to-year net material cost variance, reduction in supplier rejects, supplier OTD targets, and inventory turn targets.

Communicate parts delay to CSSalesOperation management in a timely manner.

REQUIREMENTS

Write legibly, read, understand, and speak English fluently. Work with general office equipment, including telephone. Ability to move easily through a multiple door single-floor environment. Ability to handle a full workload in a fast-paced environment. Must be assertive when dealing with suppliers but also maintain a collaborative working relationship. Possess good business math ability. Good communication and interpersonal skills. Must be a team player and work well with others. Bias towards action that lead to positive results. Ability to perform statistical analyzes to create forecast. Ability to comprehend how the role affects the overall business.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors degree preferred or related experience. Previous experience with ERP systems JDE SAP Oracle MS NAV Knowledge of material pull systems Kanban Professional certification from CPM or APICS is a plus. 4-7 years of supply chain and/or operations experience in a manufacturing Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience is a plus. Demonstrated leadership skills with emphasis on team development. Demonstrated project management skills. Excellent analytical skills are required, including use of statistical tools.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN A DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPANY?

Where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world? IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

ATTENTION APPLICANTS

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